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Infant Mortality and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders

While the overall infant mortality rate for Asians/Pacific Islanders is comparable to the white population, disparities still exist among Pacific Islander sub-populations. Data from national surveillance reports is limited.

Native Hawaiian mothers are twice as likely not to begin prenatal care until the third trimester of pregnancy.

The infant mortality rate for Native Hawaiians was 1.7 times greater as compared with non-Hispanic whites in 2002.

In 2014, Native Hawaiian mothers were 8.7 times more likely to smoke during pregnancy as compared to all Asian American mothers.

In 2014, Native Hawaiian mothers were twice as likely to receive late or no prenatal care as compared to non-Hispanic white mothers.

The infant mortality rate on the island of Guam was almost double that of non-Hispanic white infants born on the mainland of the United States, in 2013.